Re: Re: AMD Turion ZM82: freeze with 2 cores, works with 1 core (maxcpus=1)
2009/1/11 Mitchell Laks <mlaks@post.harvard.edu>:
> I would try to explore the idea that the CPU or motherboard is defective. Perhaps the second core is bad.
>
> I had a problem with memory sticks that was similar. One stick worked and not two. I first found that
> there was a bad memory stick ( 1 out of 2). then after replacing it, it happened again and it needed a
> bios upgrade of the motherboard to work. I used memtest96+ to diagnose my problems.
>
> Perhaps you can find a testing software for the dual core cpu from your cpu or motherboard vendor....
>
> Mitchell
UBCD has numerous cpu testing programs on it, perhaps one of those?
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
Adrian
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<erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to
ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my
apartment it is.
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